Alana Pena
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I remember it very well. It was the meeting that changed my life.
I remember it very well. It was the meeting that changed my life.
I remember it very well. It was the meeting that changed my life.
I was a baby writer.
I was a baby writer.
I was a baby writer.
I wrote it on spec, meaning I wrote a script that nobody asked for except my agents.
I wrote it on spec, meaning I wrote a script that nobody asked for except my agents.
I wrote it on spec, meaning I wrote a script that nobody asked for except my agents.
Everything seems possible. There were so many networks, it felt like every writer that I was working with in the room had a show in the works, or if they didn't, they were talking about having a show in the works.
Everything seems possible. There were so many networks, it felt like every writer that I was working with in the room had a show in the works, or if they didn't, they were talking about having a show in the works.
Everything seems possible. There were so many networks, it felt like every writer that I was working with in the room had a show in the works, or if they didn't, they were talking about having a show in the works.
My agent was like, there's this new component of Disney launching. It's called Disney Plus. And she knew the exec over there. She was like, she has excellent taste. I'm going to send the script over.
My agent was like, there's this new component of Disney launching. It's called Disney Plus. And she knew the exec over there. She was like, she has excellent taste. I'm going to send the script over.
My agent was like, there's this new component of Disney launching. It's called Disney Plus. And she knew the exec over there. She was like, she has excellent taste. I'm going to send the script over.
It was a coming-of-age story about her, her brother, her widowed mom. And then the thing that she doesn't know but the audience knows is that she becomes president.
It was a coming-of-age story about her, her brother, her widowed mom. And then the thing that she doesn't know but the audience knows is that she becomes president.
It was a coming-of-age story about her, her brother, her widowed mom. And then the thing that she doesn't know but the audience knows is that she becomes president.
It's my old diary. I started writing it in the sixth grade. It's a day-by-day account of how I got here. I really had a lot to say. I wanted to basically tell the story inspired by my adolescence and growing up, but I didn't want her to become a television writer.
It's my old diary. I started writing it in the sixth grade. It's a day-by-day account of how I got here. I really had a lot to say. I wanted to basically tell the story inspired by my adolescence and growing up, but I didn't want her to become a television writer.
It's my old diary. I started writing it in the sixth grade. It's a day-by-day account of how I got here. I really had a lot to say. I wanted to basically tell the story inspired by my adolescence and growing up, but I didn't want her to become a television writer.
Disney Plus had said they wanted a lot. They wanted to have original shows. They wanted to have original creators. It seemed like they wanted to be a competitor for Netflix, for Amazon, in terms of the original space. You know, not be beholden to IP.
Disney Plus had said they wanted a lot. They wanted to have original shows. They wanted to have original creators. It seemed like they wanted to be a competitor for Netflix, for Amazon, in terms of the original space. You know, not be beholden to IP.
Disney Plus had said they wanted a lot. They wanted to have original shows. They wanted to have original creators. It seemed like they wanted to be a competitor for Netflix, for Amazon, in terms of the original space. You know, not be beholden to IP.
I got a call, and it was a call from an exec.
I got a call, and it was a call from an exec.
I got a call, and it was a call from an exec.
The thing that was the worst part of all of it, I had to tell all the kids who are in it that it was being taken off the platform. And they don't have context for that, or at least they didn't, because everything that they've ever wanted to watch, they have been able to watch their whole lives. The kids were pretty devastated. Yeah.
The thing that was the worst part of all of it, I had to tell all the kids who are in it that it was being taken off the platform. And they don't have context for that, or at least they didn't, because everything that they've ever wanted to watch, they have been able to watch their whole lives. The kids were pretty devastated. Yeah.
The thing that was the worst part of all of it, I had to tell all the kids who are in it that it was being taken off the platform. And they don't have context for that, or at least they didn't, because everything that they've ever wanted to watch, they have been able to watch their whole lives. The kids were pretty devastated. Yeah.